I feel like it was though. Chode was maybe more common, but chud was used too. The movie followed the name afterall, not the other way around.
Your example for lowkey is using it as an adverb as opposed to an adjective. A chud has always been a noun.










Everyone calls it DB-9 but its technically DE-9 and VGA is DE-15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature